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Most Health Care Workers Did Not Receive Swine Flu Vaccine During 2009-2010 Flu Season

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The federal government recommends that all U.S. health care workers receive annual flu vaccinations. However, a nationally representative survey of health care workers conducted by RAND and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that, by mid-January of 2010, only 37% of these workers had been vaccinated for the 2009 pandemic influenza strain (H1N1) and 62% had been vaccinated for seasonal influenza.

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How Schools Overcome Barriers to Providing On-Site Mental Health Services

Schools with greater support from administrative leadership and clinician networks are more successful in implementing evidence-based mental health program to help students deal with the impact of traumatic events.

Web-Based Tool Aided Self-Triage During H1N1 Pandemic

A RAND team designed a web-based support tool using clinical algorithms to help minimally trained health care workers and laypeople make informed decisions about care-seeking for influenza-like illness.

Design Changes Can Boost the Effects of Pay for Performance Programs

Although pay for performance incentives are increasingly popular, the healthcare literature shows that these have had minimal effect. Design improvements in these programs can enhance their effectiveness.

New perspectives on the treatment of kidney disease

A fundamental change in the treatment of chronic kidney disease has focused on slowing the disease earlier in its progression before it reaches end-stage renal disease.

Examining the link between religiosity and substance use

Research has shown that the more religious people are, the less likely they are to have substance use disorders. This study found that this relationship is not affected by how much social support people have or their mental health status.

Is there a shortage of anesthesia providers in the United States?

This study of labor markets for anesthesia providers suggests that the United States is experiencing a shortage of anesthesiology specialists.

Evaluating Pennsylvania's Safety Committee Program

Since 1994, Pennsylvania has provided a 5 percent discount on workers' compensation premiums for firms with a certified joint labor-management safety committee. This study found that injury rates at participating firms with good compliance records dropped more than at other firms.

Achieving consensus on quality improvement interventions

The variety of quality improvement interventions has impeded the use of evidence review to advance quality improvement activities. Addressing this problem will require development of a generalizable framework for identifying evaluations of quality improvement initiatives.

Eating disorders—more likely among depressed women

During the transition from adolescence to adulthood, women with higher levels of depression were more likely than other women to develop eating pathologies when romantic attachments failed.

It's not always good to be caring

Young women who describe themselves as too caring are more likely than young men to experience stress.

How effective are programs to help kids exposed to violence?

This report describes results of RAND's evaluation of 15 programs designed to promote the chances of future social and psychological well-being of children who have been exposed to violence.

The pain of a break-up might not be the same for all co-eds

Among a group of college age women, interpersonal style was a strong indicator of stress arising from romantic conflict and of depression.

Does substance use make middle school students more popular?

More-popular middle school students are more likely to be cigarette smokers, drinkers, and marijuana users, as well as past-month drinkers, suggesting that popularity is a risk factor for substance abuse.

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